Henry Fielding (Critical Survey of Drama)
Other Literary Forms
The focus of Henry Fielding’s work progressed from drama
to satire to the novel to legal inquiries and proposals, with some
overlap and with a nearly constant overlay of critical and
political journalism. Among his novels, his masterpiece Tom
Jones (1749) is a monument of English literature, though
Joseph Andrews (1742) is highly regarded and Amelia
(1751) was his own favorite. An Apology for the Life of Mrs.
Shamela Andrews (1741) burlesques [The entire page is 9083 words long]
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Amelia (Masterplots Classics)Amelia (Character Profiles)Amelia (Literary Places)Jonathan Wild (Masterplots Classics)Jonathan Wild (Character Profiles)Jonathan Wild (Literary Places)Joseph Andrews (Masterplots Classics)Joseph Andrews (Character Profiles)Joseph Andrews (Literary Places)Joseph Andrews (Magill Book Reviews)Temple Beau, The (Masterplots Classics)Temple Beau, The (Character Profiles)Tom Jones (Masterplots Classics)Tom Jones (Character Profiles)Tom Jones (Literary Places)Tom Jones (Magill Book Reviews)Tragedy of Tragedies, The (Masterplots Classics)Tragedy of Tragedies, The (Character Profiles)Tragedy of Tragedies, The (Literary Places)Epistolary Novel, The (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)Origins and Development of the Novel, 1740-1890 (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)Picaresque Novel, The (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
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